مشکل
See also: مشكل
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مُشْكِل (muškil).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /muʃ.ˈkil/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mʊʃ.kʰɪ́l]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [moʃ.kʰʲél̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [muʃ.kʰíl]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | muškil |
| Dari reading? | muškil |
| Iranian reading? | moškel |
| Tajik reading? | muškil |
Audio (Iran): (file)
Adjective
مشکل • (moškel) (comparative مشکلتَر, superlative مشکلتَرین)
Noun
| Dari | مشکل |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | мушкил |
مشکل • (moškel) (plural مشکلها, or مشکلات)
Derived terms
- مشکلگشا (moškel-goša, “resolver of difficulties”)
- بدون مشکل و مانع (bedun-e moškel-o-mâne', “unhinderedly, unobstructedly”)
Related terms
- مشکل کردن (moškel kardan)
Descendants
- → Assamese: মুস্কিল (muskil)
- → Bengali: মুশকিল (muśokil)
- → Gujarati: મુશ્કેલ (muśkel)
- → Hindustani:
- → Maithili: maskil
- Devanagari script: मसकिल
- Tirhuta script: 𑒧𑒮𑒏𑒱𑒪
- → Marathi: मुश्कील (muśkīl)
- → Marwari: मुश्किल (muśkil)
- → Old Punjabi: ਮੁਸਕਲੁ (musakalu)
- → Sindhi:
- Arabic script: مُشْڪِلُ
- Devanagari script: मुश्किलु
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مشکل (muškil), from Arabic مُشْكِل (muškil).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mʊʃ.kɪl/
- Rhymes: -ɪl
- Hyphenation: مُش‧کِل
Adjective
مُشْکِل • (muśkil) (Hindi spelling मुश्किल)
Noun
مُشْکِل • (muśkil) f (formal plural مُشْکِلات (muśkilāt), Hindi spelling मुश्किल)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | مُشْکِل (muśkil) | مُشْکِلیں (muśkilẽ) |
| oblique | مُشْکِل (muśkil) | مُشْکِلوں (muśkilõ) |
| vocative | مُشْکِل (muśkil) | مُشْکِلو (muśkilo) |
Descendants
Further reading
- “مشکل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “مشکل”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1040
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مشکل”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 590
- “مشکل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.